Wednesday 30 May 2012 06.42 EDT
First published on Wednesday 30 May 2012 06.42 EDT

So the sun has finally come out ... and in celebration, and the hope of continued good weather to come, we've decided to go seasonal for next month's reading group and take nominations for books related to summer.

As to what form the connection should take, that's up to you. In keeping with the season, we're going to leave things loose and casual. It could be a book specifically about the time of year, such as Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer, or you could go for one in which summer plays a starring role, such as JL Carr's A Month in the Country. It could, more esoterically, be a book that says something about summer to you. It may not be specifically about summer, for instance, but F Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, contains some unforgettable descriptions of the long hot season in the south of France ... Now I think of it, those long summer evenings at Gatsby's mansion take some beating too.

Finally, don't even think you have to be that specific. When I think of summer reads, one of the first books that comes to my mind is Donna Tartt's The Secret History, not because the season features in any particular way, but because I read it on a visit to Italy, and it was ideally suited to filling in the long hot hours after lunch ... So if you know of a good beach book, feel free to nominate that too.

To cast your vote, simply name a book in the comments below. In a slight change to the usual programme, Hannah Freeman and Sarah Crown will be drawing the nominations from the hat this month, because – appropriately enough – I'm going on holiday. I'll be packing an e-reader, though, so I should be able to get up to speed with whatever you choose fairly quickly – so long as the thing doesn't get destroyed by water from the pool ...